Montana vs Oakland Volleyball: Oakland Wins 3-0 (Sep 11)

FinalFri, Sep 11, 2026

0:3

Oakland beat visiting Montana 3-0 (28-26, 25-15, 25-18) on Fri, Sep 11, 2026. Oakland's Liv Hosford led with 19 kills, and Delaney Stern added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONT	26	15	18	0
OAK	28	25	25	3

Win probability

Oakland above 50 · Montana below

Biggest swing: 9.9% to Montana — set 1, MONT 25-24 OAK. Attack error by Liv Hosford. OAK win probability 63% → 53%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONT 36.0%64.0% OAK

Montana wins

3-0

7.4%

3-1

12.9%

3-2

15.6%

Oakland wins

3-0

19.4%

3-1

24.5%

3-2

20.0%

MONT break %: 40.7% vs this opp
OAK break %: 43.4% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Liv HosfordAttack error+9.9%
Attack error by Liv Hosford
Set 1 · MONT 25-24 OAK · MONT 37% → 47%
02
Josie BlazinaAttack error+9.4%
Attack error by Josie Blazina
Set 1 · MONT 25-26 OAK · OAK 61% → 70%
03
Josie BlazinaBlock+9.2%
Ellen Zapp stuffed by Josie Blazina
Set 1 · MONT 24-24 OAK · MONT 28% → 37%
04
Mylee BlakeAttack error+8.8%
Attack error by Mylee Blake
Set 1 · MONT 26-28 OAK · OAK 70% → 79%
05
Ellen ZappKill+7.5%
Kill by Ellen Zapp (set by Delaney Stern)
Set 1 · MONT 22-23 OAK · OAK 61% → 68%
06
Liv HosfordKill+7.2%
Kill by Liv Hosford (set by Kalliann Cook)
Set 1 · MONT 25-25 OAK · OAK 53% → 61%
07
Ella Schomer&Ellen ZappBlock+6.8%
Mylee Blake stuffed by Ella Schomer & Ellen Zapp
Set 1 · MONT 22-24 OAK · OAK 68% → 75%
08
Mylee BlakeKill+6.8%
Kill by Mylee Blake (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 1 · MONT 26-26 OAK · MONT 30% → 37%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montanaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	10	2	22	.364	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	4.5	14.5
16Mylee BlakeOH	3	8	4	22	.182	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
11Sophia VellaMB	3	5	3	18	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
10Delaney RussellOH	3	3	5	24	-.083	0	1	1	6	1	1	0	1	5
9Gracie CagleS	3	2	1	7	.143	26	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
14Isabel TaylorOH	3	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
5Alex StoneOH	3	2	4	11	-.182	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Annika WrightS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0
22Avery MerrittOH	2	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	2	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		34	22	124	.097	29	3	7	48	1	6	4	8	59

Oaklandhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Liv HosfordOH	3	19	6	38	.342	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	2.5	21.5
10Lillian FriasMB	3	10	1	16	.563	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
8Ellen ZappMB	3	8	3	22	.227	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	11
11Molly ReckOH	3	4	5	21	-.048	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	1	5
15Delaney SternS	3	2	0	4	.500	35	0	1	14	0	0	2	1	3
3Kiley GallagherL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
12Ella SchomerOPP	3	5	3	25	.080	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	6
7Kalliann CookL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	18	126	.238	42	1	3	56	3	2	14	9	78

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 MONT · OAK 7

Set 1

26-28

Longest run 4 MONTOAK 4

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 4 MONTOAK 7

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 MONTOAK 5

Bars above the line = Oakland leads, below = Montana leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Montana

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	36%8/22	46%6/13
2	70%7/10	38%5/13
3	75%6/8	30%3/10
4	60%6/10	40%4/10
5	45%5/11	25%2/8
6	33%5/15	29%2/7
All	49%37/76	36%22/61

Oakland

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	50%6/12
2	57%8/14	62%13/21
3	58%7/12	22%2/9
4	75%6/8	33%3/9
5	83%5/6	62%8/13
6	71%5/7	58%7/12
All	64%39/61	51%39/76

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

137 rallies

#	MONT-OAK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.4
2	1-1	MONT	OAK	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Delaney Stern	+1.7
3	1-2	OAK	OAK	Kill	Ella Schomer	set Delaney Stern	+2.4
4	2-2	OAK	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
5	2-3	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.7
6	3-3	OAK	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
7	4-3	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Molly Reck	blk Josie Blazina	+2.6
8	5-3	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+2.7
9	5-4	MONT	OAK	Kill	Ella Schomer	set Delaney Stern	+1.8
10	6-4	OAK	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
11	7-4	MONT	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Delaney Stern	+2.7
12	7-5	MONT	OAK	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+1.8
13	8-5	OAK	MONT	Blocked	Molly Reck	blk Josie Blazina	+2.0
14	9-5	MONT	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Kalliann Cook	+2.6
15	9-6	MONT	OAK	Kill	Molly Reck	set Delaney Stern	+1.6
16	10-6	OAK	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
17	10-7	MONT	OAK×3	Serve err	Montana		+1.7
18	10-8	OAK	OAK×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.6
19	10-9	OAK	OAK×3	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Annika Wright	+2.9
20	11-9	OAK	MONT	Serve err	Oakland		+2.3
21	11-10	MONT	OAK×4	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Delaney Stern	+2.1
22	11-11	OAK	OAK×4	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+3.1
23	11-12	OAK	OAK×4	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+3.1
24	11-13	OAK	OAK×4	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+3.0
25	12-13	OAK	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
26	13-13	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana		+3.3
27	14-13	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Alex Stone	set Madeline Sanderson	+3.6
28	14-14	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kalliann Cook	+2.5
29	15-14	OAK	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.7
30	15-15	MONT	OAK	Kill	Molly Reck	set Delaney Stern	+2.6
31	15-16	OAK	OAK	Ace	Ellen Zapp	aced Delaney Russell	+3.8
32	16-16	OAK	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+2.8
33	16-17	MONT	OAK	Kill	Ella Schomer	set Delaney Stern	+2.9
34	16-18	OAK	OAK	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+3.8
35	17-18	OAK	MONT	Serve err	Oakland		+2.5
36	17-19	MONT	OAK	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+2.9
37	18-19	OAK	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Gracie Cagle	+2.6
38	18-20	MONT	OAK	Kill	Lillian Frias		+3.1
39	19-20	OAK	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.8
40	20-20	MONT	MONT×4	Attack err	Liv Hosford		+4.9
41	21-20	MONT	MONT×4	Blocked	Ellen Zapp	blk Delaney Russell	+5.8
42	22-20	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+5.9
43	22-21	MONT	OAK×4	Serve err	Montana		+3.3
44	22-22	OAK	OAK×4	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Ella Schomer, Ellen Zapp	+6.3
45	22-23	OAK	OAK×4	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Delaney Stern	+7.5
46	22-24	OAK	OAK×4	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Ella Schomer, Ellen Zapp	+6.8
47	23-24	OAK	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.7
48	24-24	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Ellen Zapp	blk Josie Blazina	+9.2
49	25-24	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Liv Hosford		+9.9
50	25-25	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kalliann Cook	+7.2
51	25-26	OAK	OAK	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+9.4
52	26-26	OAK	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+6.8
53	26-27	MONT	OAK	Kill	Ella Schomer	set Delaney Stern	+6.8
54	26-28	OAK	OAK	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+8.8
Set 2
1	0-1	OAK	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kiley Gallagher	+2.0
2	1-1	OAK	MONT	Attack err	Liv Hosford		+1.5
3	1-2	MONT	OAK	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Delaney Stern	+1.5
4	2-2	OAK	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
5	3-2	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Ella Schomer		+2.2
6	3-3	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.6
7	4-3	OAK	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
8	4-4	MONT	OAK	Serve err	Montana		+1.6
9	5-4	OAK	MONT	Blocked	Molly Reck	blk Josie Blazina	+1.7
10	6-4	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana		+2.4
11	6-5	MONT	OAK×6	Attack err	Alex Stone		+1.6
12	6-6	OAK	OAK×6	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.3
13	6-7	OAK	OAK×6	Attack err	Alex Stone		+2.3
14	6-8	OAK	OAK×6	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Delaney Stern, Lillian Frias	+2.2
15	6-9	OAK	OAK×6	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+2.1
16	6-10	OAK	OAK×6	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+1.8
17	7-10	OAK	MONT	Kill	Avery Merritt	set Annika Wright	+1.2
18	7-11	MONT	OAK×7	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+1.3
19	7-12	OAK	OAK×7	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+1.6
20	7-13	OAK	OAK×7	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.2
21	7-14	OAK	OAK×7	Kill	Delaney Stern	set Delaney Stern	+0.9
22	7-15	OAK	OAK×7	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kalliann Cook	+0.6
23	7-16	OAK	OAK×7	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+0.4
24	7-17	OAK	OAK×7	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.2
25	8-17	OAK	MONT	Attack err	Lillian Frias		+0.1
26	8-18	MONT	OAK	Blocked	Sophia Vella	blk Liv Hosford	+0.1
27	8-19	OAK	OAK	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.1
28	9-19	OAK	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	·
29	9-20	MONT	OAK	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+0.1
30	9-21	OAK	OAK	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Kaylee Paulson	·
31	10-21	OAK	MONT	Serve err	Oakland		·
32	10-22	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	·
33	11-22	OAK	MONT×4	Attack err	Molly Reck		·
34	12-22	MONT	MONT×4	Blocked	Ella Schomer	blk Josie Blazina, Alex Stone	·
35	13-22	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Delaney Russell	·
36	14-22	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	·
37	14-23	MONT	OAK	Serve err	Montana		+0.1
38	14-24	OAK	OAK	Attack err	Alex Stone		·
39	15-24	OAK	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	·
40	15-25	MONT	OAK	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	·
Set 3
1	0-1	MONT	OAK	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Delaney Stern	+0.9
2	0-2	OAK	OAK	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Liv Hosford, Ellen Zapp	+1.2
3	1-2	OAK	MONT	Attack err	Ella Schomer		+0.8
4	2-2	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Liv Hosford	blk Mylee Blake, Sophia Vella	+1.2
5	2-3	MONT	OAK	Serve err	Montana		+0.9
6	3-3	OAK	MONT	Bad set	Ellen Zapp		+0.9
7	3-4	MONT	OAK	Serve err	Montana		+0.9
8	4-4	OAK	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
9	4-5	MONT	OAK×3	Blocked	Avery Merritt	blk Molly Reck, Lillian Frias	+1.0
10	4-6	OAK	OAK×3	Kill	Molly Reck	set Delaney Stern	+1.3
11	4-7	OAK	OAK×3	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.2
12	5-7	OAK	MONT	Kill	Avery Merritt	set Annika Wright	+0.8
13	5-8	MONT	OAK	Serve err	Montana		+0.9
14	6-8	OAK	MONT	Attack err	Liv Hosford		+0.8
15	6-9	MONT	OAK×3	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+0.9
16	6-10	OAK	OAK×3	Blocked	Avery Merritt	blk Liv Hosford	+1.1
17	6-11	OAK	OAK×3	Kill	Ellen Zapp	set Delaney Stern	+0.9
18	7-11	OAK	MONT×3	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
19	8-11	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Molly Reck		+1.0
20	9-11	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Ellen Zapp	blk Mylee Blake	+1.2
21	9-12	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.0
22	10-12	OAK	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
23	10-13	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.0
24	10-14	OAK	OAK	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Molly Reck, Ellen Zapp	+1.2
25	11-14	OAK	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
26	11-15	MONT	OAK	Attack err	Isabel Taylor		+0.9
27	12-15	OAK	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
28	12-16	MONT	OAK	Kill	Lillian Frias	set Delaney Stern	+0.9
29	13-16	OAK	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
30	13-17	MONT	OAK	Kill	Molly Reck	set Delaney Stern	+0.9
31	13-18	OAK	OAK	Kill	Delaney Stern	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
32	14-18	OAK	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.5
33	15-18	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Liv Hosford		+1.0
34	16-18	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana		+1.4
35	16-19	MONT	OAK	Attack err	Gracie Cagle		+1.2
36	17-19	OAK	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
37	17-20	MONT	OAK×5	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.3
38	17-21	OAK	OAK×5	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Delaney Stern	+1.3
39	17-22	OAK	OAK×5	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kalliann Cook	+0.8
40	17-23	OAK	OAK×5	Kill	Ella Schomer	set Delaney Stern	+0.4
41	17-24	OAK	OAK×5	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kalliann Cook	+0.1
42	18-24	OAK	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	·
43	18-25	MONT	OAK	Kill	Liv Hosford	set Kalliann Cook	·

Score shown after each rally, Montana first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Oakland def. Montana 3–0